The Nebula Awards have officially opened up to nominations from SFWA members, which means it’s time for me to start assembling my annual meta post of reviews, round-ups, recommendations, and eligibility lists. The basic idea is to help folks find things to read, and maybe even nominate for various awards, by collecting links wherein authors post their eligible work for the year, or readers assemble lists of their favorite reads of 2017. This year, I’m going to attempt to be a little more organized, and divide the post into three sections – review resources, eligibility, and favorites/year’s best. As always, I’d love to include your links, so please drop me a note in the comment, or email me at a.c.wise (at) hotmail.com to let me know what you’d like included in the post. I’ll be updating this post fairly often, so be sure to keep checking back for new links.

These are sites that post reviews throughout the year – short fiction, long fiction, media, fan works, and more. Browse around, and maybe you’ll discover something new to love. Not all works reviewed are necessarily published in 2017, so be sure to check before you nominate.

These are posts where authors and editors round up the work they’ve published throughout the year and note its eligibility. (Authors, please, please do this. It’s extremely helpful to folks nominating, especially in determining which category certain works belong in, say, or whether an author is Campbell-eligible. It’s not pushy or bragging, it’s informative, and we loves it. Thank you!)

Acks, Alex – listing award eligible short fiction, novelettes, a novel, and fan writing.Allen, B. Morris – listing award eligible short stories, a novelette, and a novel.Anderson, G.V. – noting one award-eligible story, and the final year of Campbell eligibility.Anathema Magazine – published award eligible short stories, novelettes, non-fiction, and original artwork in 2017.Annorlunda Enterprises – listing the award eligible novella and novelette they published this year.Aurora Awards Eligibility List – listing Aurora-eligible work by Canadian authors in various categories. (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association members can make updates to the list.)Apex Magazine – listing award eligible short fiction and novelettes published in 2017.Argall, Liz – is eligible in the Best Fan Artist category.Barber, Jess – published short stories and novelettes (including one co-written with Sara Saab) in 2017.Barron, Natania – listing award eligible novellas and short fiction for 2017.Beneath Ceaseless Skies – published a year’s worth of eligible fiction including short stories, novelettes, and a novella.Bigelow, Susan Jane – published two eligible short stories this year, which can be found here and here.Book Smugglers – listing the eligible short fiction, novelettes, novellas, and non-fiction published in 2017.Broaddus, Maurice – listing award eligible short stories, a novelette, a collection, non-fiction, and editorial work.Brothers, Laurence Raphael – listing award eligible short fiction for 2017.Buchanan, A.C. – published three short stories this year, which can be found here, here, and here. They are also eligible for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for New Zealand SF/F.Buhlert, Cora – listing award eligible short fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.Cahill, Martin – published two award eligible short stories this year.Campbell, Rebecca - listing award eligible short stories, and noting eligibility for the Aurora award as a Canadian author.Carpenter, A.G. – published three novellas and a novellete, which can be found here, here, here, and here.Castellucci, Cecil is the author of Shade, The Changing Girl. (Note, link goes to first title in the series, which is published in 2016, but other issues were published in 2017.)Castroianni, Eleanna – listing award eligible short fiction, and noting the first year of Campbell eligibility.Cataneo, Emily – listing award eligible short fiction and a short story collection.Cato, Beth – listing an award eligible short story, novel, and a collection.Chan, L. – listing several eligible short stories for 2017.Cast of Wonders – listing the award eligible original fiction podcast during the year.Chng, Joyce – listing award eligible novellas, poems, and stories.Cipri, Nino – listing award-eligible short fiction for 2017, and recommending work by others.Clarkesworld – listing a year’s worth of eligible short stories and novelettes, as well as highlighting eligible artists and Campbell-eligible authors.Corbin, Andrea M. – listing award eligible short stories for 2017.de Bodard, Aliette – listing award eligible work, and recommending work by others.DePass, Tanya – is eligible in the best fan writer and best fan cast categories.Daley, Raymond Peter – listing award eligible short fiction.Dandenell, Karl - listing an award eligible short story.Das, Indrapramit – published short stories, novelettes, and non-fiction in 2017.Datlow, Ellen – lists the anthologies, short stories, novelettes, and novellas she worked on as an editor in 2017.Dawson, J.R. – listing an award eligible short story and noting Campbell eligibility.Diabolical Plots – listing the award eligible short stories the magazine published throughout the year, and noting eligibility in other categories as well.Divya, S.B. – listing award eligible fiction for 2017.Dollarhyde, Kate – listing award eligible short stories for 2017.Donnelly, Lara Elena – listing an award eligible novel, and a novelette (co-written with Sam J. Miller), along with recommending work by others.Donohue, Jennifer – listing award eligible short fiction for 2017.Dovey, Matt – listing award eligible short fiction and noting year two of Campbell eligibility.Duncan, Andy – published an award-eligible short story “Worrity, Worrity”, which can be found in the anthology Mad Hatters and March Hares.Duncan, Robin – lists award-eligible short fiction, and notes the first year of Campbell eligibility.Edelman, Scott – listing award eligible short stories and novelettes.Elison, Meg – listing an award eligible novel and several short stories, and noting Campbell eligibility.Ellsworth, Spencer – published two eligible novels, a novelette, and a collaborative work.Escape Pod – listing award eligible original short fiction published in 2017.Falstaff Books – listing all the 2017 titles released by the press.Fireside Magazine – listing the award eligible short stories, novelettes, novellas, and novel they published throughout the year, as well as noting non-fiction, editors, and artists who worked on the magazine in 2017.Fogg, Vanessa – listing an award eligible short story.Fontaine, Amy – listing an award eligible novel, along with short fiction and poetry.Garcia, R.S.A – listing an award eligible short story.Giganotosaurus – listing the award-eligible novellas, novelettes, and short fiction published by the magazine during the year.Gray, Lora J. – listing eligible short fiction and poetry.Greenblatt, A.T. – listing award-eligible short stories.Habershaw, Auston – published an award eligible novelette in 2017.Hardwick, C. Stuart – published an eligible novelette.Harris, Nin – listing award eligible short fiction and poetry.Haskins, Maria- listing award eligible short fiction.Headley, Maria Dahvana – listing award eligible short fiction and novelettes.Heartfield, Kate – listing award eligible short fiction and non-fiction.Hines, Jim C. – listing award eligible short fiction and essays (in the form of a poem, no less!)Horne, Annalee Flower – noting work eligible in the Best Fan Writer category.Houseman, Ariela – is eligible in the fan artist category.Huff, Crystal – is eligible in the fan writer category.Jarboe, Julian K. – published short stories, and is in the first year of Campbell eligibility.Jessup, Paul – has one eligible short story this year, available in Interzone 272.Johnson, L.S. – listing award eligible short stories, novelettes, and a novella.Jones, Heather Rose published an award eligible short story in 2017, along with a lot of non-fiction work including essays, reviews, and podcasting.Jones, Rachael K. – listing award eligible short fiction for 2017.Kassel, Mel – listing award eligible short fiction for 2017.Khaw, Cassandra – listing award eligible short fiction and poetry.Kinney, Benjamin C. – has two eligible short stories this year, is in the second year of Campbell eligibility, and is eligible in the fan writer category.Kressel, Matthew – listing award eligible short fiction and non-fiction for 2017.Laben, Carrie – published award eligible short stories in 2017.Latin American Speculative Fiction 2017 – a list assembled by Silvia Moreno-Garcia of work published in English by Latin American writers in 2017.Lechler, Kate – published two eligible short stories, which can be found here and here, and a poem.Leitch, Stina – listing an award eligible novel.Lemberg, Rose – points toward an award eligible novella.Little Badger, Darcie – listing several award eligible short stories.Lu, S. Qiouyi – listing award eligible short fiction, poetry, editorial work, and noting the second year of Campbell eligibility.Luhrs, Natalie – is eligible for best fan writer and published several essays in 2017.Matheson, Michael – listing the author’s award eligible short fiction, and the award eligible short fiction published by Anathema Magazine, which they edit.Miller, Sam J. – listing an award eligible novel, novelette, and short stories, along with some favorite short fiction reads of 2017.Mitchell, Lia Swope – published an award eligible short story in 2017.Mohamed, Premee – listing award eligible short stories for 2017.Moher, Aidan – listing short fiction, a novelette, non-fiction, and noting the second year of Campbell eligibility, along with recommendations of work by others.Mondal, Mimi – listing award eligible fiction and non-fiction for 2017.Moon, Dawn Xiana – listing several eligible non-fiction essays.Moren, Dan – listing an award eligible novel and noting Campbell eligibility.Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – lists an award eligible novel, novella, and a short story.Moraine, Sunny – listing award eligible short fiction and podcast work from 2017.Morrison, Diane – published several novelettes and short stories in 2017.Mulder, Allison – listing award eligible short stories for 2017.Mythic Delirium – listing the award eligible short stories and poetry published by the magazine in 2017.Ness, Mari – published a novella, a short story, several pieces of flash fiction, poetry, and related work in 2017.Nevins, Jess – listing award eligible short stories.North, Bennett – listing an award eligible short story and noting the second year of Campbell eligibility.Novakova, Julie – listing short stories, a novelette, and translation work.O’Brien, Brandon – listing award eligible poetry, fiction, noting Campbell eligibility, and recommending other work worth your time.O’Meara, Shauna – had two eligible short stories, which can be found here and here.Ogden, Aimee – listing award eligible short fiction, and noting the second year of Campbell eligibility.Osborne, Karen – published an award eligible story, and is Campbell eligible, as well as recommending work by othersPalmer, Suzanne – published two novelettes, a short story, and a poem.Patt, Julia K. – published short stories and a novelette this year, and I believe is in the first year of Campbell eligibility.Payseur, Charles – listing award eligible short fiction, poetry, and fan writing.Petrie, Simon – listing an award eligible novella, novelette, and short story, and noting eligibility for the Ditmar and Sir Julius Vogel Awards.Pflug, Ursula – listing an award eligible YA novel and recommending work by others.Phillips, Andrea – listing novelettes, short stories, game writing, and podcasting work for 2017.Pinsker, Sarah- listing award eligible short stories, a novelette, and a novella.PodCastle – published several original short stories in 2017.Prasad, Vina Jie-Min – published short stories, a novelette, and is in the first year of Campbell eligibility.PseudoPod – listing award eligible original fiction published in 2017.Reed, Nicasio Andres – is eligible in the best related work category for The Year of Garak, co-written with Charles Payseur.Reisman, Jessica – points to an eligible novel, Substrate Phantoms, and an eligible novelette, Bourbon, Sugar, Grace.Roberts, Tansy Rayner – listing award eligible short stories, a novelette, and podcast work.Roanhorse, Rebecca – listing an award eligible story and noting Campbell eligibility.Robson, Kelly – lists eligible novelettes, non-fiction, and recommends work by others.Rodriguez, Karlo Yeager – lists award eligible short fiction.Rowland, Alexandra – is eligible in the best related work category for a dress inspired by last year’s Hugo-winning short story, how cool is that?Royce, Eden – listing award eligible short fiction, and noting work by others for consideration.Rustad, A. Merc – listing award eligible short stories, a novelette, and a piece of interactive fiction.Saab, Sara – listing award eligible short fiction and a novelette.Sargent, Lynne – as two poems eligible for the Rhysling Awards.Satifka, Erica L. – listing award eligible short stories and a novelette.Seiberg, Effie – listing award eligible short stories.Semiprozine Directory – a handy list of which publications are eligible in the Semipro category for 2017.Sjunneson-Henry, Elsa – published an award-eligible essay and is eligible in the Fan Writer category.Skiffy and Fanty – listing their own eligibility as a podcast, as well as listing eligible work by their contributors in various categories.St. George, Carlie – listing award eligible short stories and recommending work by others.Stewart, Kelly – listing an award eligible short story, and noting the second year of Campbell eligibility.Stone, Hayley – listing award eligible short stories, noting the first year of Campbell eligibility, and recommending favorite work by others.Strange Horizons – listing all the award eligible fiction published by the magazine in 2017 and the award eligible non-fiction.Stufflebeam, Bonnie Jo – listing award eligible fiction and graphic work.Sylver, RoAnna – listing sward eligible short fiction, poetry, a novelette, and two novels.Takács, Bogi – listing award eligible short stories, a novella, a novelette, poetry, non-fiction, and editorial work.Tang, Andrea – listing an award eligible novelette, several short stories, and noting the first year of Campbell eligibility.Tanzer, Molly – listing am award eligible novel, along with short fiction, and editorial/related work.Tenser, Margarita – published an award eligible story and a poem.Theodoridou, Natalia – listing an award eligible novelette and several short stories.Thompson, Tade – has an award eligible novella this year, The Murders of Molly Southbourne.Tobler, E. Catherine – listing award eligible short stories, a novella, and a novel.Tomaras, Joseph – listing award eligible short stories, translation work, and recommending work by others.Tomova, Daniela – published a debut story is 2017, and unless I’m mistaken, is therefore also Campbell eligible.Tor.com’sNovels and Novellas, and Short FictionTownsend, Tracy – listing an award eligible novel and noting Campbell eligibility.Triantafyllou, Eugenia – noting two award eligible short stories, and the first year of Campbell eligibility.Trota, Michi – listing several non-fiction essays, along with editorial work.Uncanny Magazine – listing the award eligible novella, novelettes, and short fiction published in 2017, along with their eligibility as Best Semiprozine, among other categories.Vourvoulias, Sabrina – listing an award eligible short story and recommending work by others.Walters, Damien Angelica – rounding up the fiction she’s published by year.Ward, Cynthia – published an award eligible novel, which can be found here.Ward, Marlee Jane – listing award eligible short fiction and a novella.Wehm, M. Darusha – listing award eligible short fiction, poetry, a novel, and noting eligibility for the Aurora and Sir Julius Vogel Awards.Weimer, Paul – listing award eligible related work and fan-casting, and recommending work by others.Wells, Martha – listing an award eligible novel, novella, short story, and series.Wiggins, Troy L. – lists award eligible short fiction, and highlights a few eligible stories from Fiyah Magazine.Wilde, Fran – published short stories, a novel, non-fiction, and recommends a whole lot of great things by other people for your reading pleasure.World Weaver Press – listing all the novels and anthologies published by the press in 2017.Wright, Tristina – listing an award eligible novel and short story, and noting the second year of Campbell eligibility.Wylder, James – highlighting an eligible novelette and offering it as a free download.Yang, JY – listing an award eligible short story, novelette, and two novellas.Yoachim, Caroline – listing award eligible short stories and a novelette.Young, Tyler A. – listing award eligible short stories for 2017.Yuschik, Alex – listing an award eligible short story, and noting the first year of Campbell eligibility.

Recommendations, Favorites, and Best of the Year Posts

Lists and posts where writers, readers, and reviewers opine about their favorite works of 2017.

I hadn’t even thought about how sites like SFFReviews.com can contribute to people’s making nomination lists. We’ve now gone through and added year-published tags for all the reviews we’ve done so far, and will add them to all the scheduled reviews over the next few days, so that people can, e.g., just get the 2017 stories. Thanks for the (even if inadvertent) suggestion!

Another resource that might be useful is the Ditmar eligibility wiki. The Ditmars are the Australian equivalent to the Hugos and so anything on there will also be eligible for the Hugos. It still has some updating to go. http://wiki.sf.org.au/2018_Ditmar_eligibility_list

In 2017 I published Mountain, a near-future YA novella. It was endorsed by Candas Jane Dorsey and Governor General’s Award winning artist and writer Heather Spears. It’s available from Overdrive and as an Ebook, and as a paperback from the publisher and online retailers. It’s received nice notices in Canada and the US. In my Awards Post I also talk about indigenous Canadian writers of speculative fiction Eden Robinson and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Both were published as mainstream and shortlisted for major Canadian awards.